Natural hazards · Hampton

Hampton, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hampton comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2005. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Hampton?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hampton to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes56%Inland flooding18%Earthquakes11%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Hampton faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Hurricanes

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Hampton flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Hampton, from FEMA’s records.

7paid claims since 2005

$138Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20052026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Matthew: 2 claims, $27K
Hurricane Idalia: 2 claims, $88K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Hampton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Hampton County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Hampton

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Hampton itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Hampton.

Brought FEMA money into HamptonDeclared for Hampton County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

480 households applied for aid $405K aid approved

2020

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

12 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Irma

$12K to the Town of Hampton for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

86 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $64K to the Town of Hampton for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$38K to the Town of Hampton for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$2K to the Town of Hampton for repairs

Hampton County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Hampton is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hampton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hampton. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.